text: In organic chemistry, a dithiocarbamate is a functional group with the general formula  and structure .  It is the analog of a carbamate in which both oxygen atoms are replaced by sulfur atoms (when only 1 oxygen is replaced the result is thiocarbamate).
  Dithiocarbamate also refers to the dithiocarbamate ion  and its salts. A common example is sodium diethyldithiocarbamate.  Dithiocarbamates and their derivatives are widely used in the vulcanization of rubber.